One million kids have 'nowhere to go' as Israel-Hamas war sparks disaster fears
More than a million children have “nowhere to go” amid the Israeli onslaught of Gaza, a charity warns.
As Israeli Defence Force chiefs stepped up their attacks, Save the Children branded their orders for Palestinians to move again from an area in southern Gaza a “death sentence.”
The charity’s Palestine and Occupied Territory country director, Jason Lee, stormed: “Rather than the sham pretence that these orders ensure the safety and survival of families they instead present families with the inconceivable ‘choice’ of one death sentence over another.”
Save the Children is demanding that the UK government does more to stop the Israeli attacks. It came as the IDF unveiled what it claims is new evidence of Hamas’ plans for the October 7 rampage.
An injured Palestinian child is taken to hospital for treatment (Anadolu via Getty Images)It claims gunmen were urged to carry out beheadings and organ removals. According to the IDF, one Hamas commander’s written orders, found on a fighter, said: “This enemy of yours is an illness that has no cure except for beheading and the removal of hearts and livers.”
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A specially-formed intelligence unit has been combing through evidence. Experts suspect Hamas troops took amphetamines to get into a frenzy. A checklist for taking hostages, found on terrorists, apparently included instructions to cover the eyes, tie up adults – men and women – and “kill those who cause trouble and anyone who tries to escape.”
The IDF suggests Hamas maps show the massacre could have been worse, with plans to attack far from the Gaza border and even close to the Galilee region of northern Israel. The Israeli military is exploring the possibility that contract workers on kibbutzes provided information. Recovered food supplies suggest Hamas operatives thought they would be in Israel for some time.
In one glass case, an edition of Mein Kampf, complete with Hitler saluting on the front, was displayed. It was purportedly discovered in a school run by UNRWA – a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees – while a children’s book found in Gaza is said to depict Israelis as cockroaches.
The Israeli intelligence gave a briefing from a secret military location in Israel on Thursday as the IDF ordered the displacement of tens of thousands of Gazans.
Around 700 Palestinians died the day after the truce ended. More than 15,000 have died since the war began. Fighting is still raging in the rubble of northern Gaza. Israel ordered residents to flee the southern town of Khan Younis where Hamas fighters are believed to be hiding.
The war has displaced over three quarters of the territory’s population of 2.3 million. Thousands more Palestinians are believed to be under rubble and more than 41,000 are believed wounded. Hopes for another temporary truce are fading, with 135 hostages of the 240 originally taken remaining in captivity.Up to 1,200 Israelis have died in the war.
Yesterday it emerged that London-born Binyamin Needham, who turned 19 two weeks ago, died while fighting for Israel in the Gaza Strip for Israel, along with two others.
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